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Abstract Leopold Bloom is the protagonist of the long novel Ulysses by the Irish writer， James Joyce. The distinctive feature of his character is that he always shows his goodness and great tolerance whether he is treated with coldness and discrimination from the Irish society or he suffers his wife's betrayal. His goodness and tolerance stem from his strict abidance by the Jewish ethical commandment， “love your neighbor as yourself”. His goodness and tolerance are also reflected in his marriage. Bloom forgives his wife Molly's infidelity. He takes her as his “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”， regarding her as an indispensable part of his life. This indicates that he lives up to the marriage vow the first human ancestor Adam made to his wife Eve. To his wife's extramarital affairs， instead of scolding or punishing her， Bloom shows extreme tolerance for her and holds fast to his marriage. This indicates that he strictly adheres to the Jewish marriage contract. In brief， Bloom's strict abidance by the Jewish ethical commandment， “love your neighbor as yourself”， his observance of the marriage vow made by the first human ancestor and his strict adherence to the Jewish marriage contract are the ethical reasons for his goodness and tolerance.
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Received: 01 June 2020
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2020, Vol. 59 
